Tian Belawatifor

Universitas Terbuka: Opening Lifelong Learning Opportunities in Indonesia

The International Conference on Lifelong Learning Kuala Lumpur, 14-15 November 2011.

Indonesia

Population: 245,613,043 (2009)HE participation rate: 18.36% (2009) – 26% (2011)

Number of HE institutions: 3,016 (2010)

Access to HE and Lifelong Learning is limited and unevenly distributed

Indonesia

Universitas Terbuka

Established in 1984, single mode university, the only tertiary institution using exclusively distance education mode of delivery.

Mandate:to increase and equalize access

of all Indonesians to HE and LLL

Main missions: to provide access to a

quality higher education service through ODL;

to conduct research and develop ODL system;

to utilize and disseminate scientific and institutional research results to respond to national development needs.

Challenges: Scope of Operation and Infrastructure

• Indonesia is a BIG country, geographically is as wide as Europe

• Indonesia consists of thousands of island (>17,000), mostly are small and isolated

• Physical infrastructure such as roads and inter-island transportation means outside Java are mostly not in the ideal conditions

• IT infrastructure is limited and thus people’s access to Internet is also limited

Challenges: Limited IT infrastructure

• Internet penetration is only 16,1% (Malaysia is 58.8%)

• # of Handphone SIM card use: 180 millions – 75% of # of population

• Can DE be as good as classroom-based education?

• How can UT develop good academic programs and be acknowledged by the academic community?

• How can UT reach all potential students with same and standardized quality programs regardless of their domiciles and access level to technology?

• How can UT provide learning services to its students?

Challenges: Academic Issues

Strategies: Coverage of Operations

Stategies: Open Registration System

• open entry/exit system• no selection criteria• open registration system - No time limit – no

dropout

• Programs are based on need analysis• Curriculum is designed by teams involving experts

& users of graduates• Courses are self-contained and self instructional• Learning supports are both face-to-face and online• Student assessment are conducted simultaneously

using standardized test items from a comprehensive Item Bank System

• All standards and procedures are written in the QA manuals

Strategies: Academic Programs

Digital Library

Web-based Supplementary Materials Dry Lab

Strategies: Accessible and Flexible Learning

974 titles of Printed/ non-printed Materials

written by 1,100 writers

F2F tutorials in 446 cities by 22,653 tutors

Online tutorials of 552 courses by 575 tutors (participated by about 13,609 students

In Indonesia Abroad# of Student-Course Exam

Processed# of City# of

Exam Rooms

# of Students

# of City# of

Students

810 46,199 921.363 19 750 2,338,838

# of Exam Supervisors/Proctors (2 persons/room) 92.398

Magnitude of scale of Final Examinationper Semester

Strategies: Massive Operation

Based on data of 2010.2

Number of Student

Per 2010.2 : 646.467

Number of Student

Harsono, 80 years, Registered in English Translation Program, started in Semester 2011.2 (September 2011)

Testimony